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israel is stopping the organisation from delivering lifesaving aid to people in northern gaza. philippe lazzarini said in a post on x that israeli authorities informed the un that they will no longer approve any unrwa food convoys to the north. he added: this is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. by preventing unrwa to fulfil its mandate in gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. this cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity. mark lowen has more from jerusalem. without unrwa getting the food out on the ground, there are few alternatives. i mean, another body, the world food programme, which is another un agency, has managed to get a few trucks in to northern gaza in the last couple of weeks. but this appears to be a very direct attack on unrwa itself. i mean, the head of unrwa, philip lazzarini, was actually ....
island is that to have its youngest prime minister. and jasmin paris, the first woman to complete one of the world s most gruelling races, speaks to the bbc. wiped from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. we start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow which killed 137 people. the four suspected gunmen in the moscow concert hall attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. they ve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. the authorities said one of them a citizen of tajikistan has pleaded guilty. a nationwide day of mourning was observed on sunday with president putin lighting a candle in a church at his residence outside moscow in memory of the victims. the islamic state group said it was responsible and has posted graphic videos online of the attack. russian officials, without evidence, have tried to implicate ukraine, which kyiv has rejected outright. our rus ....
simon lewis was press secretary to queen elizabeth between 1998 and 2000. he says the princess s privacy should be sacrosanct. this is exactly why i would have thought the princess and the people around her are so concerned about her privacy. i mean, going to the hospital at the best of times is a very stressful experience but to think there s a possibility of people actually accessing your records whilst you re there. no wonder this debate about privacy, members of the royal family and other public figures continues because that s the key point. there is a line, as far as i m concerned, where privacy should be absolutely sacrosanct. health minister maria caulfield told lbc radio claims that hospital staff tried to access the princess of wales s private medical records could result in enforcement action. i say this as someone, who is still on the nursing register. the rules are very clear for all patients that unless you are looking after that patient or unless they h ....
about small businesses and how to make life easier for entrepreneurs. the prime minister has been working very hard on a package that is going to improve the wellbeing and welfare of small businesses and self employed people across the country, including many people who are ethnic minorities. that s what s going to make their lives easier, irrespective of whether or not there s been a donation here or there to the conservative party. but while you talk about jobs in coventry with the prime minister, it is the prime minister s own job which is the speculation on the front page of virtually all the newspapers i ve got here in front of me. and people are saying part of that is that he didn t lead quickly enough on this issue about donations, that, yes, he said these comments, these alleged comments, were racist after you said they were racist. but until you spoke out, he didn t that he was following your lead. well, i disagree with that. i believe that they were establishi ....
a claim israel rejects. here s what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. the european union s foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here s what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that s the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% the totality of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance. blinken s comments follow us presidentjoe biden s first call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in over a month on monday. mr biden told mr netanyahu that a major ground operation in the city of rafah would be a mistake. mr netanyahu defended the possibility saying opposing the operation was akin to opposing total defe ....